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South Africa: Education Minister Boasts of Attendance Rate in Schools as COVID-19 Cases Climb
Daily Maverick, 26 June 2020
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has backed her department's decision to reopen schools amid a steady rise of Covid-19 infections in schools. Read more »
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South Africa: More Than 700 School Staff, 88 Pupils Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Western Cape to Date - MEC
News24Wire, 26 June 2020
More than 700 teachers and school staff and 88 pupils have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Western Cape to date according to this week's provisional stats, Education MEC Debbie… Read more »
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South Africa: More Than 500 Eastern Cape Pupils and Teachers Test Positive for COVID-19, 154 Schools Closed
News24Wire, 26 June 2020
More than 550 pupils, teachers and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape, while 154 provincial schools have been temporarily closed, the education… Read more »
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South Africa: 'It's Not the Right Time' - Cape Town Teachers Protest for Schools to Close Amid COVID-19 Peak
News24Wire, 25 June 2020
Teachers from several Cape Town schools protested in morning traffic on Thursday - demanding schools be closed to protect pupils and teachers' lives. Read more »
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South Africa: Teachers Want Schools Closed Until COVID-19 'Peak' Has Passed
GroundUp, 25 June 2020
But MEC for Education says keeping schools closed will hurt the most vulnerable learners Read more »
Teachers, Minister Split Over Reopening of South African Schools
Protesting teachers have called on the education department to review its decision to reopen schools as the country faces a peak in COVID-19 infection rates. This came ahead of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga welcoming a 98% attendance rate at institutions. Motshekga said: "Parents have responded. The very people who are directly affected are supporting the move. They would have not sent 98% of their children to school if they were in doubt of the rationality of reopening schools."
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has admitted to having "sleepless nights" about when to reopen South Africa's schools, which has been confirmed for Monday, 8 June for 95% ... Read more »
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Teachers' unions and associations who were involved in meetings with the Department of Education have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of detail given by Minister Angie ... Read more »
Yolanda Jackson, a teacher at Portia Primary, said that she wants schools to only be fully open once the “peak” is over in the Western Cape.
